And a long, national nightmare draws to an end

for some reason, conversion to the metric system has always been one of the most strident demands of the left – screw ‘em

Having tossed the Belgium Bureaus from it shores, Britain will return to proper imperial measurements.

No more having to go to the trouble of converting headlines like “Britain faces a scorcher this holiday weekend, with temperatures of 24° expected”, only to find that the poor, pasty people are bracing for a 75° day at the beach. And, while we all have a general idea of the length of a foot, what does “30.48 centimeters” tell anyone?

Friggin’ unAmerican commies.